Blueprint for future of hurling revealed

Written in stone, that would appear to be the case for both the Munster and Leinster championships after the GAA’s Coiste Bainistí (Management Committee) released its proposals for the hurling championship format for the years ‘2014 to 2016 and beyond’.

In the various championships, the main points of the proposal for the next three years are as follows:

l A 15-team Liam MacCarthy Cup in 2014, reducing to 13 by 2016